Braille

Introduction

This writing system of raised dots was created by Louis Braille (1809-1852), a French teacher of the blind. It is now used by blind people worldwide. Correspondence of dot patterns to letters (or entire words) varies by language so the Unicode standard simply identifies the pattern, not the meaning.

Related Links

Names, images, properties and additional background/non-technical information about the Braille Unicode block and its characters can be found on decodeunicode's Braille block page (in English and German/Deutsch).